BackupKit
The facts below are what the maker publishes about BackupKit, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From BackupKit's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $4 a month | 3 personal devices · unlimited backups & accounts · Billed monthly · cancel anytime |
| Yearly | $34 a year | 3 personal devices · unlimited backups & accounts · Billed once a year |
| Lifetime | $59, paid once | 3 personal devices · unlimited backups & accounts · One-time payment · 2 years of free updates |
The facts
Each one read from BackupKit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI assistants
- The site says Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Gemini CLI can use its MCP server to inspect backup health and history, and request jobs or restores for confirmation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Archive format
- Backups are standard AES-encrypted ZIP archives that can be opened with other archive tools without BackupKit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audit and compliance
- BackupKit states it has had no third-party security audit and holds no compliance certification.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- filechecked 19 Sep 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Destinations
- The product supports 24 destinations, including FTP/FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, local and network drives, cloud drives, object storage, and beta self-hosted services.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- AES-256 encryption is applied on the device before upload, and the password is stored under Windows DPAPI and never sent to BackupKit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes licenses for up to three personal devices and asks businesses or teams to contact it about volume licensing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Incremental backups, a shell extension, a tray status icon, and bandwidth throttling are listed as not yet available.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Backup status notifications can be sent by email, Telegram, webhooks, local scripts, or in-app tray popups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 6checked 19 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- BackupKit is a Windows desktop app that backs up connected sources, including a PC, NAS, or cloud, to a chosen destination.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore
- Each run is kept as a restore point and can be restored with one click to a chosen location.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- filechecked 19 Sep 2026
- Scheduling
- Backups can run daily, weekly, at custom intervals, or manually, with missed-run policies and retention rules.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- Encryption is optional per backup, lost passwords cannot be recovered, and archive indexes expose file names, paths, and sizes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says support goes directly to the developer and usually responds within a working day.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 19 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- windowschecked 19 Sep 2026
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